Re: build.date

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Xserty wrote:

> Hi...
> Just an update to my problem:
> When I call the following task within my target
> <echo message="build.date = ${build.date}"/>
> I get:
> [echo] build.date = 20040204
> So I suppose it a Krysalis-Version problem, and not ant's as I
> suggested.
> 
> Any help appreciated!
> Xserty
> 
> On Wed, 2004-02-04 at 10:01, Xserty wrote:
> 
>>Hi all...
>>I'm using Krysalis-Version to generate a Version.java class.
>>Everything works, except the fact that the generated class contains the
>>method getBuildDate() that returns null.
>>
>>The ant code snippet used is the following:
>>
>><target name="version">
>>  <version-stamp dest="src" versionId="com.mycompany" overWrite="true">
>>    <version major="1" minor="0" point="0"/>
>>  </version-stamp>
>></target>
>>
>>I've noticed that the nested element version does not accept the "date"
>>or "buildDate" attribute, so I assume that it should be set
>>automagically, likely by the ant ${build.date} property(?).
>>I've been all yesterday afternoon searching on mail archieves and on the
>>Internet, but found nothing...
>>Guessing that this would not be a Krysalis-Version problem, but an ant
>>problem, I've tried even setting ant's variable {build.date} or
>>initialising <TSTAMP/> in the target:
>>
>><tstamp>
>>  <format property="build.date" pattern="yyyyMMdd"/>
>></tstamp>
>>                   
>>Still, this did not solve the problem... 
>>Can anybody help me, please?
>>        Xserty
>>
>>PS: I'm using Krysalis-Version 0.9.0-rc2, ant version 1.5.4 and J2SE
>>1.4.2-b28 under Linux.


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